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On 14 March 1942, the British Resource was en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia, without escort, when at 9:18 pm she was hit by two torpedoes launched from U-124 230 miles (370 km) north of Bermuda. At 9:33 pm, she received the coup de grâce and the tanker burst into flames and sank in position 36°04'N/65°38'W. Of the crew, 43 sailors and 3 gunners lost their lives. The captain, the third radio operator and three gunners were rescued by the British corvette HMS Clarkia (K88) and landed in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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Commemorated on:
Page 192 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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